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<DIV>Any chance ya just didn’t think it through Hank???</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=n8xx@arrl.org
href="mailto:n8xx@arrl.org">Hank Greeb</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 26, 2013 2:08 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=ohqp-mail@ohqp.org
href="mailto:ohqp-mail@ohqp.org">Ohio QSO</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [OhQP-mail] Why chØØse NØH for the ØHQP?</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; DISPLAY: inline">In
2011 I was asked, "Why in the %$#^&@ would one choose to operate as N1L , a
'foreign' prefix number - not 8." It seemed that some "uptight"
members of the sponsoring organization thought such a call was
inappropriate. In 2012 there was some concern when I operated K6JSS -
until I explained that this was the QRP ARCI club call, and they were trying to
get stations on from all 50 states during state QP's (or regional QP's like
NEQP, 7QP, etc)<BR><BR>I replied with a question, "Is there something illegal,
immoral, or against some OHQP rule to use ANY call which is OK with the Friendly
Candy Company?" The answer I received was, "No, of course
not."<BR><BR>But, this year's choice brought even more questions - particularly
amongst friends and close colleagues, about my choice NØH. Below is a reply I
sent to one fellow:<BR><BR>"WhØ wØuld be stupid/idiØtic/liddish enØugh tØ
chØØse NØH in the ØhiØ QSØ party when KS was encØuraging multiple (20 Ør mØre,
by my cØunt) 1X1 zerØs fØr bØnus pØints/added wallpaper during their KS QSØ
Party? <BR><BR>"He must either be an idiØt, Ør have a GRRRRRR8 sense Øf twisted
humØr (Ør bØth :)"<BR><BR>It WAS "interesting" to say the least, on 20 and 40
meters where the skip seemed much better for Kansas than for Ohio - so I visited
the KSQP probably too often and I'd call one of the 1x1's who were calling "CQ
KSQP" and have an exchange. It usually would start out with them sending
"5NN WYA" (or whatever county they were in), to which I replied "NR 123 WARR 5NN
OH - pse i need a number for the OHQP." It's too bad that Kansas
Counties don't count for multipliers for the OHQP, because I have 7 in the
log. Kansas was the most prolific out of state entity which was on the
bands. I even worked 5 of these KS ops on 20 meters! Otherwise 20
meters was a real drag. I didn't try very hard on 40, but I did work 2 KS
stations on 40 - and probably could have worked many more.<BR><BR>I'll probably
look at whether KS is running their KSQP on the same date as OHQP next year,
and, if so, I'll probably choose a different call area, or use a club call or
somesuch. But, if you ain't figured out that I like to have fun, rather
than competing with blood and guts, well, that's YOUR problem.<BR><BR>72/73 de
n8xx Hg<BR>QRP >99.44% of the time<BR>Operated N8Q/HENR in OHQP
2010<BR>Operated N1L/BROW in OHQP 2011<BR>Operated K6JSS/UNIO in OHQP
2012<BR>Operated NØH/WARR in OHQP 2013<BR><BR>p.s. And, each time I had LOTS of
fun, even with 20+ hour days setting up, testing, operating, and tearing down.
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